In addition, the traditional schools have a slightly
higher percentage of students who qualify for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program.»
Peggy Carr, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), drily noted that, compared to the international average, «we also have
a higher percentage of students who score in the lowest performance levels... and a lower percentage of top math performers.»
The survey sought to identify issues and successful practices in «inclusive» STEM schools — schools that serve students from groups historically under - represented in STEM fields and with
a higher percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch (which is linked to family income)-- as opposed to «selective» STEM schools, which recruit students who have higher levels of prior achievement.
In addition we had
a high percentage of students who qualified for free & reduced meals and selling a la carte foods was taking food off of the dinner table at home.
The Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom worked in conjunction with the Ohio Education Association, Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators, School Nutrition Association of Ohio, and Children's Hunger Alliance to identify schools that had
a high percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced - price meals and wanted to increase their daily participation in the school breakfast program.
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today is calling on New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to stop intimidating New York parents and school districts with threats of pulling funding from schools with
high percentages of students who opt out of grades 3 - 8 Common Core standardized tests — in essence, telling them to stop trying to «kill the messenger» for their introduction of a flawed system.
The report examines graduation - rate data from the seven states with
the highest percentage of students who are American Indian and Alaska...
Troubled by
high percentages of students who are not ready for credit - bearing work when they enter community college — and low graduation rates for students who enter needing remediation — Tennessee is experimenting with a different approach.
Troubled by
high percentages of students who are not ready for credit - bearing work when they enter community college, Tennessee is experimenting with a different approach.
Summit had
the highest percentage of students who opted out, but it was not alone.
Seventy percent of districts in Colorado and small and rural, and those districts serve
a high percentage of students who are English - language learners.
Through the West Virginia Department of Education's Summer Learning Reading and Math Challenge, the schools with
the highest percentage of students who pledged to read over the summer could win their choice of reading programs, including Achieve3000.
The schools chosen for the project had a high percentage of ethnic minority students and
a high percentage of students who qualified for free and reduced - price lunch.
Some schools develop new STEM or other specialized programs to attract parents, but the effect is that other schools have
a high percentage of students who struggle academically and have disabilities.
The state tied for the 10th -
highest percentage of students who graduate with college loan debt.
Permanent jobs after training are not guaranteed, but
a high percentage of students who participate in articles of clerkship stay with the firms where they trained.
The schools were selected based on
the high percentages of students who are on the free / reduced lunch program and are in neighboring communities to HomeSmart brokerage offices.
Not exact matches
The result: Stanford tends to attract a very
high percentage of prospective
students who want to do their own thing and, once in Silicon Valley, the school serves up enough opportunities to push the odds in their favor.
In North America and Europe, a large
percentage of the people
who read my site are
High School and College
students.
In a recent study, WalletHub examined 100
of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 12 key metrics, including the
percentage of adults and
high school
students who are obese and the
percentage of people
who are physically inactive.
If the number
of kids
who are eligible for free meals is
high enough — and if a
high percentage of the
student body meets the criteria for other social services — that school may be eligible for free universal breakfast and lunch for all
students.
According to the 2012 YRBS survey results, the
percentage of D.C.
high school
students who are obese significantly decreased from 17 % in 2007 to 15 % in 2012.
And while the CDC reported that the
percentage of middle and
high school
students who smoke declined from 2011 to 2015, it also said the use
of electronic cigarettes in those populations has increased nearly tenfold over that period
of time.
The researchers found that the
percentage of high school
students who were enrolled in a STEM program or had earned a STEM degree 5 years after graduation dipped only slightly between 1972 and 2000, from 9.6 % to 8.3 %.
In her view, if an institution is starting with a really selective group
of students (that is, those
who come in with really good preparation as evidenced by
high GPA and SAT scores) they should graduate a larger
percentage of these
students.
Although this specific survey was conducted only on college
students, the
high percentage of young adults
who keep potential partners on hand has larger implications for our society as a whole.
Their statements were substantiated by the collected learning data, as well as the
percentage of students who graduated to a
higher course level compared to their peers in a regular class.
While states under ESSA need to identify for intervention only the lowest performing 5 percent
of schools,
high schools with graduation rates under 67 percent, and some unspecified
percentage of schools in which at - risk subgroups are underperforming, the National Governors Association reports that «40 percent
of all
students and 61 percent
of students who begin in community colleges enroll in a remedial education course at a cost to states
of $ 1 billion a year.»
With a
high percentage of ELL
students and families, WHEELS identifies volunteer translators among grades 9 - 12
students for those teachers
who don't speak the home language
of families.
Districts that are
higher performing by this indicator actually spend, on average, no more than the lower performing districts (after adjustment for differences in family income, special - education placements, and the
percentage of students who are
of limited English proficiency).
For example, the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act allocates additional funding to school districts with a
high percentage of low - income
students,
who are more likely to have poor educational outcomes for reasons unrelated to school quality.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey also found steadily declining
percentages of high - school
students who reported fighting or carrying weapons on school property during the 1990s.
Among the study population
of charter 8th graders,
students who attended a charter
high school in 9th grade are 8 to 10
percentage points more likely to attend college than similar
students who attended a traditional public
high school.
Among the study population
of charter 8th graders,
students who attended a charter
high school in 9th grade are 8 to 10
percentage points more likely to attend college than similar
students who attended a traditional public
high school (see Figure 1).
In just one year — from 2009 to 2010 — the
percentage of Americans
who think that
high school
students should be given credit for courses taken online has jumped from 42 percent to 52 percent.
The school characteristics include whether it is in an urban area, grade level (e.g.,
high school), the number
of students enrolled,
student - teacher ratio, the
percentage of students who are eligible for the free or reduced - price lunch program, the
percentage of minority
students, and measures
of student achievement in reading and math.
When asked what
percentage of their
students who might need counseling or treatment actually receive those services, only 7 percent
of high school «mental - health professionals» surveyed said all such
students do, and 31 percent reported that most do.
The department approved the graduation - rate formulas
of all states, the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, many
of which didn't require tracking the
percentage of students who graduated within four years
of entering
high school, the IG's office...
As we work with states in developing these systems, one
of the key components is making sure the information is translatable for parents, that they can understand what
percentage of students in that school
who are mastering standards and achieving grade - level expectations and whether or not those
students are going to be ready to graduate from
high school and be successful in college.
To assess overall performance, we identify the
percentage of students in the
high school class
of 2015
who are performing at proficient and advanced levels
of achievement in math.
In a society where a
high percentage of new jobs are in STEM fields, I have to provide
students with opportunities to develop the practical science skills that prepare them for these types
of positions — that help them become creative thinkers
who are able to explore solutions from different perspectives.
Of particular significance in this study was the high percentage of culturally diverse and low income students who were unprepared for college - level reading, including 79 percent of black students, 67 percent of Hispanic students, and 33 percent of students from families with annual incomes below $ 30,00
Of particular significance in this study was the
high percentage of culturally diverse and low income students who were unprepared for college - level reading, including 79 percent of black students, 67 percent of Hispanic students, and 33 percent of students from families with annual incomes below $ 30,00
of culturally diverse and low income
students who were unprepared for college - level reading, including 79 percent
of black students, 67 percent of Hispanic students, and 33 percent of students from families with annual incomes below $ 30,00
of black
students, 67 percent
of Hispanic students, and 33 percent of students from families with annual incomes below $ 30,00
of Hispanic
students, and 33 percent
of students from families with annual incomes below $ 30,00
of students from families with annual incomes below $ 30,000.
Indeed, when we calculate effects by the
percentage of students at a
high school
who attend college, we find no evidence
of effects on college choice in the schools with the lowest college - sending rates.
In 2010, the U.S. Department
of Education found that
students who were offered a voucher in the Washington, D.C., voucher lottery graduated
high school at a rate 12
percentage points
higher than
students in the control group.
AYP measures take the form
of minimum
percentages of students overall, and in each designated demographic group,
who must meet a proficient or
higher level
of achievement in reading and mathematics each year, plus graduation rates for
high schools.
The graduation rate among
students who actually used the voucher was 21
percentage points
higher than that
of the control group.
Participation in these types
of programs can improve
students» English language proficiency, which in turn has been associated with improved educational outcomes.1 The
percentage of public school
students in the United States
who were ELLs was
higher in fall 2015 (9.5 percent, or 4.8 million
students) than in fall 2000 (8.1 percent, or 3.8 million
students).2
Most recently, multiple analyses
of the New York City Choice Scholarships Foundation program found that
students who received scholarships as a result
of a lottery had math scores that were five
percentage points
higher on average than the control group.
The
percentage of low - income
students and English Learners meeting the standards increased, but these increases were not at fast enough rates to close substantial achievement gaps with
higher income
students who are fluent in English.
KIPP defines attrition as the
percentage of students who leave a school (for reasons other than completing the
highest grade or transferring to another KIPP school) in one annual cycle between October 1
of 2015 and October 1
of 2016, which is the date that most states close their enrollment.